A member of the Official Artist Union in Montreal, Louis-Philippe Simard of Montreal, Canada attended acting classes from 2001 to 2007. In 2006 he also undertook martial art fighting and stunt class at the Montreal National Theater School.

Simard is a talented and a skilled athlete holding a 3rd degree black belt in Taekwondo, a Korean martial art and combat sport regarded as the world's most popular martial art in terms of practitioners and specifically renown for its thrilling delivery of spinning kicks thrown from a mobile stance which employs the leg's greater reach and power than arms and fists.

Simard has choreographed, directed and performed as an actor or stuntman in over 30 short films which depict the high energy and spectacular feats needed for complex martial arts fight scenes. His marital art background is particularly distinguished by the fact at just 4 years old he began his first instruction in the martial art under Chong Lee's Taekwondo School (WTF), the first such school in all of Canada.

Simard was chosen as first and the youngest Lee's students; he trained from 1984 to 1988. Simard also featured in the TV documentary show: "Les héros du Samedi" ("The Heroes/Champions of Sunday"). His unusual high skill was highlighted despite being just 8 years old at the time; his talent eclipsing the skills of far older students in their mid-teens.
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* Simard has competed in over 70 Taekwondo Tournaments.

* Simard placed 5th in the Canada 2008 National Canadian Taekwondo Championship (WTF) in the "featherweight, senior black belt category, Province I representing Quebec.

* 1988 to 1989, Simard trained in Judo (meaning "gentle way" a modern Japanese martial art and a combat sport with objective to throw opponent to the ground or subdue by grappling or immobilize by locking joint of the elbow or through choke holds.)

* 1990 to 1994, he trained in Karate Shotokan (which is one of the five traditional styles of karate tracing roots back to Okinawa with emphasis on mind and body control). He advanced from white belt to blue belt. At Laval and St-Adèle.

* 1995 to 1996, trained in Jeet Kune Do (Bruce Lee's martial art with emphasis on "practicality, flexibility, speed, and efficiency" as opposed to the rigid and formalistic style of traditional martial arts.) Simard obtaining a yellow belt. St-Adèle (North of Laval).

* 1997 to present he has eagerly and energetically trained in Taekwondo (WTF) - known as the art of foot and fist Simard advanced from a yellow belt to Black Belt 3rd Dan (3rd degree black belt).

* Simard's video posting salute various great martial artists and particularly Jean-Claude Van Damme, who along with Bruce Lee re-awoke the public's perception and interest in the martial arts.

* Simard is co-author of a unique Biography on Jean-Claude Van Damme as it appears on www.fandamme.net.

* Simard has an active interest in film, acting, and in martial art stunt roles. Please send him a message or make inquiries via youtube message.